Hello Jacobite. I would add Matthew 5:45 to your comment "We win his love" . Matthew said "45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. " I want to say : God loves you now - in this moment. You don`t have to earn his love. Would you not loving your son, if he is messing things up ? Regards.